|
Characteristic
|
Morbidity
|
P value*
|
|---|
| |
Marasmus
|
Kwashiorkor
|
Marasmic-Kwashiorkor
| |
|---|
| |
%(n)
|
% (n)
|
% (n)
| |
|---|
|
Sex
| | | |
0.337
|
|
Male
|
52 (1 023)
|
54 (3 037)
|
54 (824)
| |
|
Female
|
48 (929)
|
46 (2 572)
|
46 (685)
| |
|
Median age
|
15 months
|
18 months
|
17 months
|
0.0001**
|
| |
IQR (11–20)
|
IQR (12–23)
|
IQR (12–22)
| |
|
HIV status
| | | |
0.000
|
|
Negative
|
59.9 (1 050)
|
69.6 (3 521)
|
69.5 (942)
| |
|
Positive
|
40.1 (703)
|
30.4 (1 537)
|
414 (30.5)
| |
|
Co-morbidity
| | | |
0.009
|
|
Anaemia
|
7.4 (33)
|
13.2 (121)
|
13.4 (50)
| |
|
Diarrhoea
|
31.4 (140)
|
27.6 (253)
|
33.6 (125)
| |
|
Pneumonia
|
25.8 (115)
|
210 (22.9)
|
23.4 (87)
| |
|
Septicaemia
|
5.2 (23)
|
5.4 (50)
|
5.1 (19)
| |
|
Tuberculosis
|
35 (7.8)
|
56 (6.1)
|
7.5 (28)
| |
|
Other
|
99 (22.2)
|
225 (24.6)
|
16.7 (62)
| |
|
Residence
| | | |
0.200
|
|
Lusaka
|
91.9 (1 003)
|
93.5 (2 656)
|
93.0 (866)
| |
|
Out of Lusaka
|
8.1 (88)
|
6.5 (183)
|
7.0 (65)
| |
- *Tested using Chi square.
- **Tested using Kruskal –Wallis.
